Folding and convertible table mechanism



2 Sheets-Sheet l Sept. l2, 1933. J. R. JONES FOLDING AND CONVERTIBLE TABLE MECHANISM Filed June 29, 1931 351;; @MSW Sept. 12, 1933.

J. R. JONES FOLDING AND CONVERTIBLE TABLE MECHANISMA Fil-ed June 29, 1931 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 FIG. 7 12a rllrd@ gwwntov JACOB Jo NES (1R01 ne q Patented Sept.""1`2", A t v "pipeuse For-pine A'Nn oNinzn'rn'sLr:"1TABLE] Y, l

This invention relates to folding' and convertscrews 8.l The plates are assembled in pairs, a ible table mechanism and is particularly adaptedl pivot stud ,9 being passed through each` pair ofv Vfor providinga number of game boards, pool and plates so that the legsmaybe swungin an arc" billiard tablesand the like, or to serve'asV an ordie` of \a,circle, to dispose lthem in folded relation nary library table, when no games are being with the body lor soswing the legs that thetable @-0,

played and one f eature'of. thefinventioncis the may be inverted. The Vplates 5.and f5 are proprovision of convertible sectins;` theopp'osite vided with'telescoping bearingrings 10 and 11, faces of which are provided with games of various which` provide va very stable union between said classes,lso thatV by properly arranging the boards plates and hold the legs more or less rigid aswell any selectedgame may be played.v as serving to retain lubricant on the Apivoting 65,

A further feature of the invention is the proparts. y t l W f visionlof means for. attaching supporting legs to :Slidablyfmountedfthrough the table legs 4 and the table in a manner that will permit of the the cooperating plates 5 and 6, are locking plunge Y folding ofthe legs in line with the body portion ers 12, `which enter casings 13 in the legs and are of the table, or be swung ina manner to invert the caused to move inwardly or outwardly by rotating 70 table top. e the plungers, each plunger having a pin 14 for A further feature of the invention is the proengagement with a spirally arrangedgroove 15 in vision of means for locking the vlegs in their re-y each casing 13, so that by rotating the plunger in f spective adjusted positions. j f y one 1 direction thev inner end thereof will pass Y other objects and advantages wi11 be hereinthrough registering openingsin the plates 5 and 6 T5 after more fully setv forth and pointed out in the and lock them against pivotal action, and when accompanying speciiication. rotated in the opposite direction,the end of the In the accompanying drawings which are made plunger will move out of engagement With the a part of this application, opening in the plate 'and permitthe legto pivot.

" Figure 1 is a perspective view of one form of B y providing the `faces of the boards'with df- 93o'4 table with the inverted position of the legs shown ferent game apparatus, e number V0f different in dotted lines. games may be played by inverting the boards or Figure 2 is an enlarged detail sectional view the position 0f the legs With respect t0 the reas seen from lineA2-2, Fig.- 1. mainder of the table. A

A3C' Figure 3 is alsectional view asseen from-line ID Fige- 4 and 5, er1 Ordinary table Structure SI5 3 3, Fig. 2. l y f 16 is shown, and the legs 1'7 in this instance, are Figure 4 is a perspective view of anotherrform arranged to fold into alinement with the body of table in set up, position with parts broken out. pcrtiOIl 18, SO that the table -Structure may be Figure 5 is a perspective View thereof, in folded. readily Stored 0r carried through er1 Openingv .0f position. l limited extent. 1 l Figure 6 shows a modifiedconstruction to that Referring t0 Figures 6, '7, and 8, it Will vhe noted shown in Figure 3, arid,` that the upper locking plunger 12 and sundry Figures 7 and 8 are detail views of this modified Y parte are emitted, the locking cam 19 being used construction. v instead. Said cam ispivoted to the upper part l 10 Referring to the drawings'in which similar refof the leg of the table by mounting 20, which is '35' erence numerals designate corresponding parts Secured t0 the upper end .0f table leg by SCreWS throughout the several views,-`the numeral 1 desig- 21, and when the 4looking plunger 12 iS ih Place, nates the body portion of a table which may be the locking cam 19 is rotated by means of `'its constructed in any suitable and conventional Yhandle 22 into engagement with a; tapering slotV manner, and 2-and3 indicate boards having game 23 in the overhanging portion of the table top, leo features incorporated therewithand on opposite said slot being positioned in said tabletop inV sides thereof, the board 2, in Fig. `1, being in relation to said cam so that as to thus clamp the s representation kof a pool table, but by inverting table leg againstthe table body portion 18. The` the board 2, a different game may be brought into Vslot 23 is best provided by `forming. same vin a actionor an ordinary flat top be provided. metal strip and attaching same to the under E39 The table proper issupported by means of legs surface of they overhanging tabletop, by meansi 4, which are attached to the body 1 by means of of screws 24 ork the equivalent. l plates 5 and 6, the plates 5 being attached to'the While the description and drawings illustrate body portion 1 by means of screws 7, whilethe in a general way certain instrumentalities which plates 6 are connected to the legs 4 by means of may be employed in carrying the inventionl into U0 kso.

effect, it is evident that many modifications may be made in the various details Withoutdeparting from the scope of the appended claims, it being understood that the invention is not restricted to the vparticular examples herein described.

What I claim isr' l. A table mechanism having a normally vertical side *wall `st 1"ucture'legs disposedexteriorly vof saidfwall *structure :and serving to' Support said` mechanism, hinge mechanisms through `Which said structure is supported by the legs, and

upon Which said Vlegs are swung from Working position in either direction as .desi1fed, said hinge mechanisms comprising pairs of; "plates, ',.Ipivct studmeans connecting the pairs of plates, `and slidable plunger means for locking saidplates in xed relation with each othencas'desired,

2. A table mechanism comprisinga top', a nor mally Vertical side Wall structure embodied with said top,V legs positioned parallel to respective portions of said sidewall structuregand exteri orlyfthereof, pairsof plates forsecuring: each leg. to'said rWaII structure, pivotfstud means. conf nesting the plates of each pair, said stud means serving as a pivot upon which saidlegs areV swung iny either direction asdesired, `independent: telescoping circular parts carried by said plates-,between same',cooperatingwitlxfsaid stud meansjin pivotingfsaid legs, and means forjloclring'v said legs 'in-their; adjusted positions. c `3. A table mechanism,'comprising a tion, a body portion, comprising a normally vertikcal side vvall structure, legs'fexteriorly lapping said Wall structure, serving to support said body `vportion andrside Wall structure, pairsof pivoted plates each of which serve to connect one of said legs*` to said side Wall structure,-plunger means serving to lock said plates against pivot action, `said plunger means being associated With said plates aidistance from the pivotal. centers thereof, casing's embodied with said-@legs lthrough Vwhich said plungers pass, andmeans for degageably-l clamping each leg tov said top portion, atJ a distance from the4 pivotal centers of said plates and 011, theotherksideV thereof from said plunger.`

pivot.y means, plunger means normally below said 1 lpivot.- means serving to lock said plates, against pivotja'ction,v casings embodied With-said legs through wliichsaid plungers pass, and means for :degageahly-.clampmg each leg to said body portion, normally `above saidpivot.means..

.moon R.V JONES. 

